Posted on 04/11/2012 11:24:51 AM PDT by marktwain
A man who police say shot and killed a Good Samaritan who intervened in a holdup at a North Philadelphia corner store last month was arrested Tuesday, police said.
Police had been hunting for Angel Nieves, 18, of Schiller Street near H Street in Harrowgate, since the March 18 holdup of La Familia Latina Mini Market at Fifth Street and Glenwood Avenue that left Rafael Del Valle, 26, of North Philadelphia, dead on the street after he attempted to chase down the robber.
Police gave this account:
A masked gunman identified as Edward Friedland, 26, of 15th Street near Venango in Tioga, burst into the store about 8:30 p.m., announced a robbery, and got into a gun battle with store owner Antonio Monegro, 35, after Monegro pulled his gun on the assailant.
After Friedland and Monegro exchanged gunfire, wounding each other, Friedland ran out the door, and Del Valle, a bystander, picked up Monegro's weapon and chased Friedland north on Fifth Street.
Police say Nieves then picked up the gun Friedland had discarded and ran after Del Valle, shooting him several times in the back before standing over his fallen body in the middle of Fifth Street and firing one last bullet into his head. Del Valle died at the scene.
Friedland, who turned up at an area hospital with a gunshot wound the night of the robbery, was arrested then and charged with attempted murder, robbery, aggravated assault, and related offenses in the shooting of Monegro.
Nieves faces charges of murder, criminal conspiracy, robbery, and related offenses in Del Valle's killing.
Philly is the new Wild West.
He was shot by a different thug who picked up the robbers discarded weapon. Seems like the one who did the killing, just wanted to kill someone.
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